# The Golden Asse

The Golden Asse by Apuleius has 80,796 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [Apuleius](https://musael.com/books/authors/apuleius.md)
- **Genre:** literary fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 80,796
- **Reading time:** 5 h 23 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 8 h 41 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 6 h 44 min | 14 days |
| 250 wpm | 5 h 23 min | 11 days |
| 300 wpm | 4 h 29 min | 9 days |

## Read or listen

The Golden Asse is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1666

## Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

- Words in the text: 80,796

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1666 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL441970W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1666

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-golden-asse